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Recipe Step by Step
01
Making The Bases And Cones
CARAMELIA 36%
MOULE GRAND CONE SAPIN
To make the cone, temper some milk chocolate couverture. Use a ladle to coat the inside of the cone. Turn the cone over, leave to drain and then trim. Leave to set at 17°C and then unmold. To make the bases, temper some milk chocolate couverture. Spread it onto a silicone sheet to a thickness of 4 mm. Before it solidifies, place the unmolded cones on top and before it sets completely, cut out the excess around the base of the cones. Leave to set. OR After having spread out the couverture to a thickness of 4mm in a ganache frame, cut out squares that correspond to the base of the packaging boxes and then turn over the sheets of couverture, pressing gently with a rack or similar to prevent the squares of couverture from bending. Leave to set at 17°C and then stick the cones on these bases.
02
Milk Chocolate Spray Gun Mix
600g CARAMELIA 36%
400g BEURRE DE CACAO
Melt the ingredients together and temper to 30 / 31°C.
03
Milk Chocolate Mendiants
CARAMELIA 36%
Diced soft dried apricots
Ground pistachio
Diced soft dried figs
Roasted pistachios
Powdered coconut
Sugared almond pieces
Raisins
Candied cranberries
Temper the milk chocolate couverture. Pour into a 2mm frame. When the couverture starts to set, cut out right-angled triangles 3 x 8 cm. Leave to set, turning over the trays of couverture and pressing gently with a rack or similar to prevent the triangles from bending. Set aside at 17°C. Coat with milk chocolate couverture and as soon as they are removed from the coating apparatus, sprinkle the surface of the triangles with different fruits and nuts. Leave to set at 17°C.
Assembly and finishing
Unmold all the tree parts. Spray the cone and base assembly with the Milk Chocolate Spray Mix and leave to set at 17°C. Use a small brush to paint a thin layer of sparkling silver powder on the tree, and stick the Mendiant triangles evenly on the cones (slightly melting the side to be stuck). Tip: Trees like this can be made with any type of couverture (dark, milk or white chocolate), using different colored fruits and nuts to coordinate.